Category: Science

The remains of a Japanese “hellship” that was torpedoed in 1944 and sank with more than 1,000 POWs on board has been found off the

ESA astronaut John McFall tells Live Science what it would mean to become the first physically disabled person in space — if he travels to

In a warming world, outdoor exercise may be hindered by performance-impairing heat more often than it was in the past.

An analysis of corn, cassava and coca plants discovered with sacrificed Inca children reveals they died during the reign of one of the last Inca

NASA and Lockheed Martin’s experimental X-59 aircraft has broken the sound barrier twice, achieving a top speed of Mach 1.4. The feat could set the

The villa, which came to light because it was illegally excavated, was found in an area frequented two millennia ago by the emperors Hadrian, Antoninus

Researchers have filmed goblin sharks in the deep sea for the first time. Until now, these sharks had been seen alive only after being hauled

China is building a dam system that will generate more hydroelectric power than the U.S. generates yearly. But the project comes with huge risks for

A cold blob of water in the North Atlantic points to a weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, researchers report.

A period of unsettled weather brought scattered showers and thunderstorms to California’s Bay Area on May 27, 2026. That afternoon, a break in the clouds

Every time I write about particle physics, I encounter a moment of uncertainty about a quantity that, at first glance, ought to be clear. How

Chile’s Atacama Desert, which gets less than 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) of rainfall each year, started to form more than 40 million years ago ‪—‬

A man went to hospital complaining about weakness in his left leg, and subsequent brain scans revealed his abnormally small brain.

The silver in a Viking Age hoard found in Denmark was from melted-down coins from the faraway Islamic world, a new study finds.